The latter ensures that even beginners starting out with a professional photo editor don’t get intimidated by its many functions. Video on the Lightroom 4 Spot Removal Tool (covers all the basics of using the tool in LR 3-5 – some of these are not covered in the video above.The photo editing software features a range of editing tools in a user-friendly interface. Holding down Shift will constrain the brush stroke to the horizontal or vertical.≚ “Select New Source” command has been added to the contextual menu.Shift+Drag to constrain the brush to horizontal or vertical stroke.Improved ability of spot tool to patch spots automatically.Exception: if the user has previously manually set the source for a spot, then shift-clicking to extend that spot will not invoke the “auto find source” logic. In other words, the spot tool will now account for the fact that the user has extended an existing spot. Using the shift-click to “connect the dots” will now automatically re-evaluate the source selection.A – Visualize spots (also checkbox in toolbar).New visualization to help detect hidden spots (such as sensor dust).Option/Alt + Drag – Marquee batch-delete multiple spots.Shift + Drag – Constrain brush spot to horizontal or vertical axis.Backslash (/) – select new source for existing circle or brush spot.

Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Drag: Create a circle spot that scales from anchor.

Cmd/Ctrl + Option + Drag: Create a circle spot that scales from center.

Cmd/Ctrl + Drag – Create a circle spot from user-defined source.

Shift + Click – connect the selected spot with the new spot via a straight brush stroke.Single click – create a circle spot from auto-find source.Brush spots – can be used for arbitrary shapes (retouching: at low opacity).Circle spots – the preexisting functionality within Lightroom.Summary of what is covered + shortcuts for healing and cloning:

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